Yaz Has Triple-Bypass Surgery

Yastrzemski, the folk hero of the 1967 Impossible Dream season that forever changed the franchise's fortunes, emerged from the operating room at 8 p.m. after a six-hour procedure to reroute the flow of blood around blockages in three arteries to his heart.

The Globe reports it was a six-hour procedure, while the Herald states it was two hours.

In 1997, Yaz talked about how hard it was at times to play baseball in Boston: "I remember when there was some talk that I might be going to the Yankees and ... you almost welcomed it to get out of there."

Josh Beckett's next start has been pushed ahead three days from this Saturday to next Tuesday (the opening game of a three-game series at Yankee Stadium). He has been experiencing tingling and numbness in his right arm since Sunday morning.